{"id":3744,"date":"2025-02-15T23:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/ecumenical-patriarch-condemns-bishops-remarks-on-tempe-victims-mother\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T23:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:33:43","slug":"ecumenical-patriarch-condemns-bishops-remarks-on-tempe-victims-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/ecumenical-patriarch-condemns-bishops-remarks-on-tempe-victims-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecumenical Patriarch condemns bishop\u2019s remarks on Tempe victim\u2019s mother"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has strongly condemned remarks made by Metropolitan Theoleptus of Iconium, who publicly criticized the mother of a victim of Greece\u2019s deadliest train disaster.<\/p>\n

The February 28, 2023, collision in Tempe killed 57 people, marking the worst rail disaster in the country\u2019s history. Maria Karystianou, whose son was among the victims, serves as president of the Tempe Victims\u2019 Association, advocating for accountability in the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n

Theoleptus, in a social media post, suggested Karystianou was using her child\u2019s death for personal gain. \u201cDoes she look like a mother in grief? Everything about her seems staged,\u201d he wrote, also mocking her appearance as \u201cfreshly done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bartholomew denounced the comments as offensive and unacceptable. \u201cNo one has the right to insult a grieving mother,\u201d he said. \u201cWe stand with the victims and their families and trust in the justice system to fully investigate the causes of this tragedy.\u201d He called on Theoleptus to publicly apologize if he indeed made the remarks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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